Ukraine's govt requests over UAH300 bln from parliament for 2023: What for
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The government has proposed to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) to increase state budget expenditures by over 300 billion hryvnias. The corresponding bill has already been introduced to the parliament.
The government has approved a bill to increase the expenditures of the state budget for 2023 by 328.5 billion hryvnias to finance the security and defense sector as well as top-priority issues.
What is proposed:
- In the general fund, 302.6 billion hryvnias are allocated for the security and defense sector.
- In the special fund, 6 billion hryvnias are allocated to support infrastructure restoration projects.
- Other expenditures amount to 19.9 billion hryvnias, including 16.5 billion hryvnias for supporting the Internally Displaced People.
As the Ministry of Finance explains, the proposed increase in expenditures is expected to be implemented by reducing general fund expenditures by a total of 11.4 billion hryvnias and increasing EU aid by 26.1 billion hryvnias.
What additional funds are planned to be spent on
Defense expenditures
- +151 million - for rewards to cadets in the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
- +20.4 billion hryvnias - for salaries of State Border Guard Service employees,
- +39.7 billion hryvnias - National Guard of Ukraine,
- +19 billion hryvnias - National Police,
- +195.7 billion hryvnias - Ukrainian Armed Forces,
- +13.2 billion hryvnias - procurement and modernization of military equipment and weaponry for the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
- +2 billion hryvnias - State Special Transport Service,
- +4.3 billion hryvnias - Ministry of Strategic Industries,
- +2.5 billion hryvnias - Defense Intelligence,
- +4.2 billion hryvnias - Security Service of Ukraine,
- +230.5 million hryvnias - State Protection Service,
- +500.7 million hryvnias - Foreign Intelligence Service,
- +570.1 million hryvnias - State Special Communications and Information Protection Service of Ukraine.
Expenditures for other needs
- +214 million hryvnias - for salaries in the Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat,
- +71 million hryvnias - salaries in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
- +43 million hryvnias - compensation for employees released from regional branches of the State Property Fund,
- +2 million hryvnias - for the State Service for Medicines,
- +20 million hryvnias - salaries in the Ministry of Education and Science,
- +15.5 million hryvnias - salaries in the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food,
- +1.2 billion hryvnias - for embassies,
- +552.8 million hryvnias - textbooks for 5th and 6th grades,
- +16.5 billion hryvnias - payments for veterans of war,
- +30.5 million hryvnias - payment for utility services at the Shelter facility of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant,
- +30 million hryvnias - Innovation Development Fund,
- +5.97 billion hryvnias - EU grant for fast recovery in the Ministry of Restoration,
- +37 million hryvnias - salaries in the Ministry of Finance,
- +91.2 million hryvnias - maintenance of prisoners of war,
- +18.4 million hryvnias - maintenance of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra,
- +53.5 million hryvnias - equipment for the Traumatology Institute in Kyiv at the National Academy of Medical Sciences,
- +46.8 million hryvnias - for the Kherson Regional State Administration,
- +315 million hryvnias - salaries in the Economic Security Bureau,
- +51.7 million hryvnias - salaries in the State Treasury Service,
- +185.4 million hryvnias - salaries in the State Audit Service,
- +350 million hryvnias - Ministry of Energy support for energy sector entities.
Budget-2024
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on September 5 during a Cabinet meeting that the government was finalizing the preparation of the 2024 state budget, planning to submit it to the parliament by September 15. As he says, the top priority, as in 2023, will be the security and defense sector.
Earlier, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko stated that Ukraine would need more than $40 billion in international assistance in 2024, not guaranteed as of now.
